Somatotropism

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Somatotropism \So`ma*tot"ro*pism\, n. [Gr. sw^ma, sw`matos, the
     body + tre`pein to turn.] (Physiol.)
     A directive influence exercised by a mass of matter upon
     growing organs. --Encyc. Brit.
     [1913 Webster] Somber